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'''Luthor Harkon''' is a mad [[Vampire Counts|Vampire]] who resides at the [[Vampire Coast]] in [[Lustria]].  
 
'''Luthor Harkon''' is a mad [[Vampire Counts|Vampire]] who resides at the [[Vampire Coast]] in [[Lustria]].  
  

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Luthor Harkon is a mad Vampire who resides at the Vampire Coast in Lustria.

Luthor Harkon is the only vampire who does not use magic and cannot change or manipulate anything. He has a brace of pistols, a cutlass, he has a magic resistance in the consequence of his magical accident with a powerfull Slann Artifact. He has the power to regenerate on the last wound, is able to swim and has a split personality.

Harkon came to reside in Lustria after the ship carrying his coffin was attacked and looted by Norse pirates. By the time their ship crashed on the coastline, they had all been made Zombies in Harkon's service. Shortly after, he headed inland, to find a Lizardman temple he could loot. He did, and uncovered an sealed vault. He ordered his zombie minions to break it open, but each time they did, a set of glowing glyphs drained the magic reanimating them and destroying them. In fury, he attacked the vault with dark magic, but the glyphs were designed to stop Chaos sorcerers more powerful than him, in they retaliated: they drained Harkon's magical essence and destroyed his mind, leaving him devoid of magical ability and with a legion of multiple personalities. Since that day, he has strived to find a way to heal the damage done to him. Luthor Harkon leads a Zombie Pirates army so he has an army made up of pirates and sailors which he has reanimated.

He is the only Vampire who uses black powder making him a unique character in the Warhammer world. His army has one of the most powerful cannons ever created - the "Queen Bess", a former Imperial Hellhammer Cannon. Zombie pirates have the ability to carry firearms all thanks to Luthor Harkon, for he stole Slann gold enabling the zombies to do so, but by doing this he was cursed by the gold, driving him insane.

In Game Terms

Luthor Harkon is a unique Vampire, that is only used in a Zombie pirates army. He is not in the Vampire Counts army book but is issued in White Dwarf 305 June 2005.

In a Campaign on the US-Games-Workshop-Homepage he was shown as a von Carstein Vampire.